FM Synthesis Crash Course (for Chiptune)
This video serves as a crash course into FM synthesis and sound/instrument design, particularly aimed at chiptuners looking to understand how FM synthesis works or start building an intuition for creating FM instruments. It's laid out into 3 main sections: an explanation of FM instrument parameters, a breakdown of some preset FM instruments, and a demonstration of building instruments from scratch.
Software featured in this video:
Furnace: https://github.com/tildearrow/furnace
OpenMPT: https://openmpt.org/
Instruments created in this video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yAle...
0:00 Introduction
1:13 Part 1: Explaining FM Synthesis
1:22 Part 1-1: Operators & Parameters
9:47 Part 1-2: Modulation
15:22 Part 1-3: Algorithms
23:21 Part 1-4: Detuning
24:58 Part 1-5: Algorithm Walkthrough
30:10 Part 2: Preset Breakdowns
30:33 Part 2-1: Algorithm 0 (Acoustic Bass)
35:14 Part 2-2: Algorithm 1 (Harmonium)
37:05 Part 2-3: Algorithm 2 (Electric Jazz Guitar)
39:06 Part 2-4: Algorithm 3 (Organ)
41:59 Part 2-5: Algorithm 4 (Piano)
44:06 Part 2-6: Algorithm 5 (C64 Wave)
46:42 Part 2-7: Algorithm 6 (Triangle Wave)
47:51 Part 2-8: Algorithm 7 (Saw-Sine Pad)
49:18 Part 3: Instruments from Scratch
50:00 Part 3-1: Flute
57:50 Part 3-2: Bass
1:03:42 Part 3-3: Pizzicato String
1:11:20 Part 3-4: Strings
1:18:00 Part 3-5: Distorted Guitar
(YM2612 image in thumbnail is from Baz1521 on Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...)